Gibson J300 any info please

Subject: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 02 Jan 05 - 06:44 AM

Anyone out there have any information about a Gibson J300 acoustic guitar.Does anyone have one? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Leadfingers
Date: 02 Jan 05 - 08:10 AM

IF its one of the good ones its a great box - If its one of the bad ones , get a Tanglewood and use the rest of the cash to buy a house !!

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Once Famous
Date: 02 Jan 05 - 12:27 PM

I have never heard of a J300. A famous top of the line model is known as the J200.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Jan 05 - 12:42 PM

A J300 is a pre war gibson and the sound is excellent, epiphone also made a model called the J300, a copy of the gibson in name only sound was garbage.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Once Famous
Date: 02 Jan 05 - 06:36 PM

Guest, you are wrong on this.

There was a Gibson J300 but it was extremely obscure and was introduced in 1970 and produced for only one year.

I have had to refer to my personal library to clear this up.

In the book "Gibson's Fabulous Flat Top Guitars: An Illustrated History & Guide" by Eldin Whitford, David Vinopral, & Dan Erlewine published in 1994 by GPI books, the only J300 model made by Gibson is described as follows:

"Two other models, both offshoots of the basic J-200 came out of the Kalamzoo factory in that decade. The J-250R produced from about 1970 to 1978, was a standard issue J-200, but with rosewodd back and sides.

As far as Epiphone goes, I have no information other than they were not part of the Gibson organization until they were purchased by Gibson in 1957.

The second model, the J-300 Artist, proved a more interesting variation, although it lasted only a year after it's introduction in 1970. This striking guitar, also with rosewood sides and back, differs visually with its delicate, fleurs-de-lis gracing outside of the bridge; the lower bout of the pickguard, and the peghead. Sadly, this J-200 upgrade sold too poorly to justify it's existance."

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 04:26 AM

According to Gibson the J300 never went into production.
One of the referance books I have say only the prototypes were ever made in 1969/70.
As any one actually seen one?

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 03 Jan 05 - 11:56 AM

As Cyril Lord said, if its less than half a crown, that's the one!

Are you going to buy it Monsieur le Stump?

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 03:25 AM

Still seeking information.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Mooh
Date: 04 Jan 05 - 07:28 AM

According to the Blue Book there was also a J-300 "similar to J-250R, except has 12 strings, 6 per side tuners. Mfd. 1973 only."

For what it's worth.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Cluin
Date: 08 Jan 05 - 01:01 PM

I seem to recall reading that Gibson put out a limited series of a guitar that was essentially a smaller bodied model of a J-200. Nothing else was scaled down, just the body; it was like an inch or two narrower in the lower bout. Don't recall the model number. I'll have to borrow the book from the library again.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: ThreeSheds
Date: 08 Jan 05 - 01:30 PM

Wasnt that the J185

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Cluin
Date: 08 Jan 05 - 01:58 PM

Probably correct. Sounds like it.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 12:19 PM

Not getting very far with this, there must be someone out there that knows something possitive, as any one actualy seen one? or knows someone who owns one?

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Once Famous
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 01:12 PM

burntstump, my post of Jan 2 directly from the Gibson book is the most and best information that you are probably going to get out of this.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 01:29 PM

I think your best bet at this point is the info available from the Gibson book and maybe a call/letter to George Gruhn of Gruhn Guitars in Nashville. You might find some info at Elderly or Mandolin Brothers but Gruhn would be your best bet. Remember though that George Gruhn looks out for Number One first.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 11:13 PM

Here's all it says on the J-300 in Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars (published 1999), which I borrowed from the library today:

J-300 Artist:
17" wide
rosewood back and sides
J-200 bridge and pickguard
fleur-de-lis peghead inlay
Available: 1970-71



Not much, unfortunately. Martin Gibson's post was more informative. Sounds like it was basically a J-200 with a few cosmetic frills.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: ThreeSheds
Date: 12 Jan 05 - 12:42 PM

Dear cinders It seems that youre having as much success as I,m having with my Bs thread on whos been to Durban.
Tell you what I'll refresh yours and you refresh mine. Best offer all day or what!!

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 14 Jan 05 - 11:48 AM

This proving to be harder than I anticipated, come on you Gibson enthusiasts you must know something

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Once Famous
Date: 14 Jan 05 - 12:36 PM

burnstump, I have given you the facts directly from the definitive book on gibson flat top acoustic guitars.

I AM a Gibson enthusiast. You are holding our for info that's not any deeper.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 15 Jan 05 - 09:52 AM

Still trying to find someone that either owns one or as seen one.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: catspaw49
Date: 15 Jan 05 - 11:51 AM

Well I've been around here since '98 with 20,000 posts and a lot of time either posting to or reading guitar/instrument threads and I know about what everyone likes and plays and who's who around here.......And I'll tell you that I don't think the damn thing has ever been even mentioned although I haven't searched (I assume you did). You can keep on whackin' yourself or just figure your stump has burnt down to a nub but it don't look none too promising here iffen ya' ask me.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: CraigS
Date: 15 Jan 05 - 02:56 PM

I don't know much more than anybody else - but I can add a little to the discussion.
The Gibson J200 was first produced around 1938, when it had back and sides of Brazilian rosewood. Gibson switched to maple when it was hard to get the rosewood due to WWII. The smaller model Cluin is referring to is the Everley Brothers guitar, which has two pickguards (J series only have one), and was available in natural with black pickguards and black with white pickguards. There were other models in the J range from time to time - there was a J100, which was like a J200 without the fancy inlays, and my memory says there was a budget model J50 which had no pickguard and a cedar top - although it must be remembered that a lot of Gibson accoustics were supposed to be sold with self-adhesive pickguards in the late 60s/early 70s, and often got to the dealer without a pickguard. J250 and J300 were essentially an effort to make something like the pre-war J200, which is, incidentally, on a price level with a 30s Martin D45 if you find one. Gibson's accoustics around 1970 were overpriced and generally not very nice, so most real guitarists wouldn't have bothered placing an order for a J300 (the J250 and J300 were only made to order, and it took a minimum of 5 orders(I think)before production could start).
As a consequence, production of these guitars would be very low, and might only have been the few guitars built to display at trade shows.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: John Hardly
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 01:16 PM

Man, I had one. I sold mine to Justa Picker. I heard he sold it to Mark Clark. I'm not sure if Mark still has it -- it's been a cold winter so far, and firewood is really scarce in Iowa this year. Firewood is so scarce that Cedar Rapids Iowa was seriously thinking about chopping down the tree in the center of town until someone from Minnesota pointed out to them that the tree in the center of town is actually made of stainless steel.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Justa Picker
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 03:12 PM

LOL!

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Justa Picker
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 03:13 PM

Friend,
I'd suggest visiting a forum more dedicated to Gibson guitar discussions. Just enter "Gibson J-300" in Google or any other search engines. If there's any info out there, then you'll find it. If not, what Catspaw said.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Cluin
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 04:00 PM

When I was kidnapped by aliens last summer (after the not-too-unpleasant anal probing... they used a very small probe and lots of lubricant as well as getting me drunk), I was forced into a Pass-The-Axe session with Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Randy Rhodes, Eddie Cochrane, Jerry Garcia, Nick drake, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Mark Bolan. The guitar we passed around was a Gibson J-300. It was kinda beat-up and smelled a bit like my grandmother's house, but the action and tone was nice.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: John Hardly
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 04:03 PM

Man, I hate that "grandmother's house" smell. It can really ruin a good guitar. Or a J300.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Cluin
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 04:27 PM

How about blood spatters? My main working guitar (a Guild) has brownish dried blood spots on the inside back from a gig where I tore open a finger and had to keep playing. Many of my buddies have similar war wounds on their instruments. Doesn't hurt the machine any; I just look at it as evidence of a blood sacrifice.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: CraigS
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 04:31 PM

I think you're getting mixed up with the models again, Cluin. I drank some Belgian Lambic beer to get into that session, and it was definitely the Everley Brothers model that Elvis used in the film Blue Hawaii - Stevie Marriott told me so. He said that he and Gerry Garcia always used it when they were jamming.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: John Hardly
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 04:53 PM

Never use a blood-stained Guild guitar as a murder weapon. The DNA would be quickly traced back to you and you'd be caught. Unless you're from West Virginia. Then it wouldn't matter because all the DNA is the same in West Virginia. Wack away.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Cluin
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 04:56 PM

Yep, JH. And no dental records in WV either (I hear).

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: John Hardly
Date: 16 Jan 05 - 04:59 PM

Yeah, it's been very hard for McGruff the Crime Dog there. Seems even he can't take a bite out of crime.

What a concept. A whole State where every crime committed is a "domestic" crime.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 03:57 AM

It would appear the thread as been lost, can we get back to the original enquiry please

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: catspaw49
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 04:16 AM

No, we can't. You are obviously a man who cannot take "We don't know jackshit" for an answer. Find another place more closely affiliated with Gibson and have your OCD attack there. THanks for stopping by, now bye-bye. Have a nice day.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 04:25 AM

Gibsons have had there day, they are now overated, many on the market now that are equal if not better.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Cluin
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 04:46 AM

Aw, burntstump was just refreshing the thread in hopes of as much info as he can get. But he/she shouls also realize that thread drift refreshes the thread too.

Maybe someone will happen by who can give a first hand report on an elusive sighting of the rare Gibson J-300....


"I was a-flyfishin' in the Missouri River one May mornin' in `84 when I heard a rustlin' sound behint me. I turnt `round and damnt if there warn't a whole fam'ly o' Jay Three Hunnerts a-movin slow through the unnergrowth. They was a Momma an' a Poppa an' three little uns scootin' along. I jus' stood there a-starin' an' a-wishin' I'da thunk to bring my cam'ra with me, when they spotted me out midstream. The big Papa Jay puffed hisse'f up big an' plumb fired a hollerin' D flat diminished seventh chord at me and stayed there strummin' furious till the doe an' the kits was safe up in the treeline, then he follered `em fast. Never seen string nor fret of `em again. Now they's some folks claim they doesn't exist, but I knows better. `Course I kep' the story to myse'f for a long time. But I don' care no more. I knows what I seen!"

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 04:46 AM

I had one of these guitars, it was rubbish, so i swapped it for a hamster.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 06:17 AM

Is that the same one you wear on your head?

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 17 Jan 05 - 06:34 AM

You are right jOhn, I should have kept the hamster. How is Brenda by the way?

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 18 Jan 05 - 12:40 PM

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 22 Jan 05 - 03:33 AM

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 23 Jan 05 - 03:39 AM

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 23 Jan 05 - 11:28 AM

Burnstump, if you were my child I would smack the shit out of you.

There were only a few of the things made. They were very expensive. That means only real hard-core Gibson freaks with a lot of money would have bought them. When you think hardcore Gibson freaks with a lot of money, think Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Think country music, not folk music. Mudcatters do not own J300s. They own J45s.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Cluin
Date: 23 Jan 05 - 11:46 AM

I wouldn't mind one of either, meself...

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 24 Jan 05 - 03:25 AM

Hi Bee Dubja

How do you know there was only a few ever made?
I have been searching for 30 years and no one has seen one or knows some one who has one.Even Mr Gruan has never seen one.
Take no notice of the books, they all just mimic the first one who said there were only a few ever made.
Gibsons stance is they have no production records to relate to, all they will say is that a proto-type was made in 1969 to take to the Trade Show in Munich.
If they did go into production why as no one come up with a "yes" I know of one and heres a picture to prove it.

By the way I look forward to the spanking!

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Jan 05 - 01:17 PM

Burntstump - What did you want to know about the J-300 ? Specs, woods, current prices ? Let me know what you're after and I'll tell you everything I know. Thanks

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 24 Jan 05 - 01:53 PM

I am seeking information:
when and how many made, anyone actually seen one or knows the where abouts of one. Where can I get one.
What wood was used etc.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 02 Oct 05 - 09:19 AM

Ten months later, maybe some of the nutters have passed on to the jam session in the sky, someone out there must have some information about a Gibson J300 6 string acoustic.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Amos
Date: 02 Oct 05 - 09:26 AM

Burnstump:

What information are you looking for?

A

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 02 Oct 05 - 01:52 PM

Anything at all that can onfirm they were made, do you know someone that has one?

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Amos
Date: 02 Oct 05 - 02:56 PM

No I don't; but the evidence they were made is documented in the excerpts given above by "Martin Gibson".

In the book "Gibson's Fabulous Flat Top Guitars: An Illustrated History & Guide" by Eldin Whitford, David Vinopral, & Dan Erlewine published in 1994 by GPI books, the only J300 model made by Gibson is described as follows:

"Two other models, both offshoots of the basic J-200 came out of the Kalamzoo factory in that decade. The J-250R produced from about 1970 to 1978, was a standard issue J-200, but with rosewodd back and sides.

As far as Epiphone goes, I have no information other than they were not part of the Gibson organization until they were purchased by Gibson in 1957.

The second model, the J-300 Artist, proved a more interesting variation, although it lasted only a year after it's introduction in 1970. This striking guitar, also with rosewood sides and back, differs visually with its delicate, fleurs-de-lis gracing outside of the bridge; the lower bout of the pickguard, and the peghead. Sadly, this J-200 upgrade sold too poorly to justify it's existance."

And by Cluin:

Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars (published 1999), which I borrowed from the library today:

J-300 Artist:
17" wide
rosewood back and sides
J-200 bridge and pickguard
fleur-de-lis peghead inlay
Available: 1970-71

Sorry we don't have more to offer.

A

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Amos
Date: 02 Oct 05 - 03:10 PM

Burntstump:

There's a fellow named Cole Jackson says he owns one:

"Guitars, beer, and admiration
I'm a hack guitar player with cool guitars that real musicians would appreciate (deserve). My collection includes a pre-war Gibson J300, a 50's Gretsch New Yorker (my favorite) with the original Sam Ash receipt, an Anniversary Strat, and an old concert-size Epiphone Cortez that endures a beating, wrong notes, and the same old songs, without complaint. "

His web page is http://colejackson.tripod.com/Ross.htm.

Actually it is hard to figure out -- his name might be Ross and Cole might be his son. And their last name might be Griswald based on one of the pictures in their web site. And they seem to live currently in Singapore.

Best I could do, sorry.

A

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,Cole J.
Date: 02 Oct 05 - 10:51 PM

Yes, I had one. I went to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan and got a set of strings for it.

I thought that was a good trade!

C.J. (scroll down-----V)













C.J. a.k.a. Art Thieme ;-)

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 02 Oct 05 - 11:05 PM

That was only a pretty good excuse for telling the joke! Sorry. (Maybe it was just the proverbial sorry excuse for a joke!!

One other thing:

If you remember that last scene in the film FARGO, we all thought they were caught "red handed" getting rid of the body in the wood chipper???

YES, they were getting rid of the body, but it was to cover the fact that they had also made wood chips out of the only J-300 ever in existence!!

And that's where the blood came from!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mystery solved.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 09:59 AM

Yes, I have one! I found it under the driver's seat of the Ferrari Testarosa I bought back in April. Don't ask how the previous owner was able to stuff a J-sized Gibson under the seat of a Ferrari. I can tell you it was very difficult to get it out. I wouldn't have bothered except that it really hurt my ass when driving over speed bumps at 120 mph. It's in remarkably good shape except for those pesky holes from the crowbar.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 03:27 PM

You any Willie Nelson!!

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: M.Ted
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 03:31 PM

The thing that kills me, Burntstump, is that Gibson and Gruen won't spill so you've decided to twist our arms--misplace priorities--perhaps this is why you haven't found what you're looking for--
If I were you, I'd see if I could find the guy who designed the thing--that would be the person who knows if any were made--

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: John Hardly
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 04:27 PM

Nothing fits under the seat of a Ferrari Testarosa.

I you sure you didn't pull a Lloyd Loar F300 from beneath the seat? A mandolin would have to fit better.

...and those "crowbar holes" are usually referred to as "F holes".

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 09:47 PM

Nope, John, the Loar was under the passenger seat of the Maseratti I bought after I got tired of the Testarosa. Getting a Lamborghini next week. Hoping there's a Super 400 under the seat of it.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Mooh
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 09:59 PM

Bee-dub...Ya know the difference between a blonde and a Lamborghini, don't ya? Not everyone's been in a Lamborghini.

I gotta look under the seat of the Nissan, maybe there's a plywood Yamaha or something!

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: John Hardly
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 10:06 PM

I just gotta see the storage capacity of the car under which you store your doghouse bass. Of course, I guess if you could get your doghouse bass to fit inside a mandolin case, it too could fit neatly under the seat of your Maseratti (and transfer the Loar to beneath the driver's seat) .

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Amos
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 10:21 PM

Burntstump:

Let me know of the web page turns into a good lead - it was legit, all yocks aside.

A

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Birdboy
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 07:10 PM

There is a former Gibson luthier who opened up his own guitar repair and restoration shop near Kalamazoo after Gibson moved south in the mid 80's. One time when I was visiting his shop in early 90's, he was working on a J300. I remember it did have the fleur-de-lis peghead inlay and it was quite striking so I asked him about it. Unfortunately I can't remember many specific details such as what wood the back @ sides were or what the fret markers were like. Some of the guitars he worked on were assembled by him from parts he got from the big Gibson moving auction. I'm not sure if the J300 he was working on was something he put together from parts or if it was a factory instrument in for repair. The guy's name is Pete Moreno and he still has his shop in a town called Oshtemo just south of Kalamazoo. Let me know if you would like his phone#.

Jason

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 27 Oct 05 - 04:29 AM

Hi Jason

Does this guy have a website or email address?

thanks Burntstump

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Birdboy
Date: 03 Nov 05 - 04:23 PM

I don't think he has a web site or email. If you do a web search for Moreno's Guitar Clinic it will give you his phone #.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Wesley S
Date: 03 Nov 05 - 05:25 PM

Moreno's Guitar clinic
6667 Stadium Dr
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
[phone]

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Cluin
Date: 03 Nov 05 - 05:51 PM

There was one went down on the Titanic.

Another one got caught on the grassy knoll in Dallas back in November `63 and reduced to kindling by the Secret Service.

And one more got busted up by Garth Brooks at a concert in Wheeling, West VA in `91.

Since there were only 4 made, that means there's one more out there somewhere... probably up to no good.

burntstump is right to not let this go. Some day you'll all see that.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 25 Nov 05 - 12:09 PM

Tried Moreno's no luck

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,Cluin
Date: 17 Aug 06 - 04:17 AM

Gibson SJ-300

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 05:55 PM

Contact Steve at Wildwood Guitars in Louisville Colorado....he had one on his web site for sale...J 300......he is a gibson dealer and is very good....

www.wildwoodguitars.com I believe

Tom

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Cluin
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 08:25 PM

1. Get yourself a bog-standard J-200 and a sharpie marker.

2. Mark a slash through the 2.

3. Write in a 3 above it.


TAH-fuckin-DAH!

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,Frank tennessee Hulse
Date: 29 Feb 08 - 07:59 AM

there is a Gibson SJ 300 Acoutic electric at about 4000

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 01 Mar 08 - 07:52 AM

I only know the J200. It was exceptionally large with a sunburst,looked relatively new in the early 1960's Very fancy probably custom. The tone was not nearly as good as even a Martin D18.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,aztom
Date: 26 Nov 08 - 12:05 PM

I own a J-300. Acoustic/electric, Indian rosewood back & sides, sitka spruce top, vintage sunburst finish, ebony fingerboard with abalone crown inlays, abalone dot inlays in pickguard as well. Beautifully made, sounds great. A divorce gift to myself.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,Paul.Mel
Date: 27 Dec 08 - 03:50 PM

There were 40 J300's made in Early 2006. Prior to that run a one off J300 was made different to the rest in as much as it was made with a Flamed Maple Neck instead of the standard Mahogany neck, making it unique and the only one of it's kind in existence. How do I know this? Because I own that particular guitar, and very beautiful it is to.
If you look hard enough you can pick up a standard J300. Well worth the search, a fabulous sounding guitar.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: van lingle
Date: 28 Dec 08 - 07:17 AM

I played one in Bozeman out of the custom shop a few years back. It had a wagon train inlaid on it's pick guard, a cattle drive up it's neck and a locomotive on it's headstock all done in abalone, pearl and turquoise and pearl on just about every border, as I recall. It's top was adirondack, back and sides were cocobolo and it had a 50K price tag. It had a beautiful, loud and ringing tone that didn't bear much relationship to the early-60's log of a J-200 I used to own.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,farmboy
Date: 10 Jun 09 - 08:59 PM

I was jamming with a fellow who claims his guitar was a J300 Gibson. This guitar had a double parallelogram as a inlay. It was much the same as my 1956 Country and Western Gibson neck. I did not look the guitar over in detail but the person that owned it bought it used in 1954.The guitar was an arch body style and was very good to play slap chords on, which it was supposedly designed for, thus the reason that he bought it. It had no electrics on it like the L 7 did but I do not know what year it was built. I will see him again, probably when he comes camping next year, as this year was the first time I had met him. The man that I met is almost 80 years old and I really have no reason to doubt him. He did play in his own band back in the 50's amd that is why he purchased the instrument. I will try to find out more information on this guitar if I can. This year was the first time I heard about a J300 and that is why I was checking it out on the net. I am not sure whether this helps or just confuses you more. I will try to fid out more info from him if I can.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Luthier2b
Date: 10 Jun 09 - 10:29 PM

Farmboy; the guy that you jammed with probably had a Super 300 which is a far more common guitar.

-E

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 20 Jun 09 - 07:11 AM

It is interesting that no one seems to have any genuine knowledge of this guitar.

This previous posting on 27/12/08 indicates there is such a guitar out there, why is it I can't find one?

"If you look hard enough you can pick up a standard J300. Well worth the search, a fabulous sounding guitar."

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 18 Jul 09 - 09:45 AM

I have now been told only one J300 was ever made in the early 70s any comment?

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,Jimmy Jitters
Date: 28 Jul 09 - 11:52 PM

I've been looking for one of these since I was a kid in the mid 70s and saw a pic. I've been dealing vintage guitars for nearly 30 years and never seen one in the flesh. My guess is that there are less than five in existence.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 06:21 AM

JJ

How can I contact you?

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,The Tone
Date: 18 Aug 09 - 11:41 PM

Yes I purchased the J300 about 6 months ago. It is exquisite eye candy, and sounds great thru my Genz Benz Shenandoah Acoustic guitar amp. Thank god for car accident settlements!

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 22 Aug 09 - 06:39 AM

Anyone know how to contact Jimmy Jitters? who posted on this thread the 28th July

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 02:59 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 30 Aug 09 - 04:12 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 28 Sep 09 - 12:09 PM

Anyone know how to contact Jimmy Jitters? who posted on this thread the 28th July

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: M.Ted
Date: 29 Sep 09 - 12:35 AM

You don't let go, do you, Burnstump? Even though it's kind of annoying, it is admirable that you've been searching for this thing that may not even exist for nearly five years. I'd tend toward being a bit curious to know why this is so important to you--

Anyway, I don't exactly know Jimmy Jitters (which seems like a reference of some sort, and not the sort of thing someone would just grab out of the air) but it seems to me that there is a place called "Jimmy Jitter's Coffee Shop" in Monroeville,PA, on Route 22, a couple miles from the Pennsylvania Turnpike, in the strip Mall that has Michael's and Bed, Bath, and Beyond. It's odd, because it's not a chain or franchise, along a highway where almost everything else is. Good luck.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,Nick Wroughton
Date: 16 Dec 10 - 02:22 PM

Didn't UK Presley-clone Cliff Richard own one?.Bought my first J200 in '72 in the UK(many Gibsons sold here in th' aulden deez virtually seconds??).It had to be sent back(many Gibsons of that era had strut glue that they seemingly aimed a radio frequency at.Result-union jack strut markings on the OUTSIDE of the top!!.Eventually got fed up of waiting for a replacement,accepted goods to the value(also faulty)and moved on to a Guild D55 with a neck like a banana(and far more unconcerned/gangsterish British wholesalers than Selmer ever knew how to be!).Also coalmining and later mental health nursing via sado-masochism,necrophilia,bestiality and equestrianism(soon gave the last four up-it was like flogging a dead horse!!).Did take on Westerly RI(Bad attitude!)over the Guild though,and eventually won out(an Indian sadly replacing a Brazilian re body).If Mudcatters are J45 fans,for Gawd's sake take luthier Rob Armstrong's advice and avoid some older ones with hollow PLASTIC bridges.A nice old J45/Epi Texan(25.5'' scale)copy went cheaply on UK Ebay recently.It was a Maya N45J identical to the one I gave my youngest nephew a few years ago(needed very minor bass-strut notching to free bottom E,but,all in all,a dead ringer for Phil Ochs' Gibson).I own 3 nicer J200s now outta Montana.Re the early 70's J200/250/300 chew on these observations;-double x bracing(ok does sound tight/Everlys 'Walk Right Back'-ish but it's 'wrassle the internal bridge plate'if you ever need to get it out!!.Necks were underset,bridges thin and bat-like.'B's as opposed to Boze--man.Only recently stumbled on site,so not a case of 'I've been keepin' my feathers dry for just such an...oops-must watch 'Walk the Line' again.All/best,Nick.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: ollaimh
Date: 16 Dec 10 - 09:41 PM

i recall seeing a j300 in a montreal store on st antoine back twenty ytears ago. the owner kept putting up the price just as i was getting close to buying so i forgot it. i was later told his 23oo bucks price was a deal. i don't know but i was told the j300 was in the j400 mould and very rare and thus very collectable. i just liked the look.it wasn't a bad player but no cannon. definately pre war but i can't remember what year and the store is now gone--i recently visited montreal and strolled st antoine. there are still a few music shops but the guy with the odd ball ethnic stuff on the corner is gone--too bad.
searching for a guitar for five years? i had a guild f20 stolen years ago and searched for a year and found it and the store who had it coughed it up when i started talking about getting the cops to come by--i suspect there were a few stolen things there. same shop had the only gurian zither i've ever seen.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Dec 11 - 01:46 AM

yes i have a j-300 custom 1997 awesum guitar elec acou

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: Henry Krinkle
Date: 09 Aug 12 - 04:23 PM

Didn't Pete Townsend smash one up at Woodstock?
(:-( D)=

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: burntstump
Date: 04 Oct 12 - 12:35 PM

that explains why there are none around

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,shayleen
Date: 06 Jun 13 - 02:32 PM

There isn't a j300. There's a j200 and nothing above
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Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Jun 13 - 04:28 PM

http://www.gbase.com/gear/gibson-j-300-rosewood-back-and-sid-2006-natur

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 06 Jun 13 - 04:43 PM

That was me. You're right, Shaylene in that Gibson is now calling the 300 a J-200 Custom.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Jun 13 - 11:54 AM

Sorry you are all wrong, the J300 does exist exactly as described made in 1970 it should have been the next in line to the J200 but was a made to order model only, so it never went into production.

Gruhn thinks it may be a one off model which makes it very rare.

The newer version was just another version of the J200 and is nothing like the 1970 J300

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Jan 14 - 07:11 AM

Just been reading a Gibson guitar forum that shows a picture of a J300 artiste circa 1970, I believe this is the guitar in question.
Looks a very interesting guitar and nothing like the J200 or J200 custom or the J300 circa 2003.

There are major differences to a J200 such as the fleur de lyse inlay on headstock, on the bridge either side of the saddle and on the scratch plate.
The Gibson logo on the headstock also states "The Gibson" a sign the instrument was not a standard issue.

Also interesting to read that Gruhn Guitars thinks it may be a one off prototype.

Curious to know how it sounds!

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 01 Aug 14 - 07:49 AM

Surprising that there is so little information about such a striking instrument. Maybe just so rare there is no information.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 31 May 15 - 05:46 AM

I remember seeing this guitar in 1970 at a trade show in Germany, it was a one off prototype for orders to be taken. Not sure what happened to it though I wish I had purchased it I expect it is now worth a small fortune.
The Selmer rep was a guy called John Smith who lived in London at that time.
What was striking was the matched spruce top with the fleur de lyse inlay on the scratch plate and head stock, if I remember it also had the same inlay on each side of the bridge. Stunning guitar.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Nov 16 - 05:16 AM

I own a Gibson SJ300 which i will be selling soon.
If you are interested please let me know and I will provide photos and more info.

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Mar 20 - 01:49 PM

I owned a Gibson SJ300 rosewood back and sides antique burst - bought around 2006 sold late r to Elderly Instruments -- that was the last produiction of the 300 - I purchased it from Musicians Friend/Users/pidge/Desktop/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_b0 2.jpg

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Aug 23 - 11:09 AM

Many years have passed under the bridge but no real info on this guitar
unless things have changed at all

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Oct 23 - 10:15 AM

I just bought a Gibson J300, so have it here if you want any info/pics

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Aug 23 - 11:09 AM

Many years have passed under the bridge but no real info on this guitar
unless things have changed at all

Subject: RE: Gibson J300 any info please
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Oct 23 - 10:15 AM

I just bought a Gibson J300, so have it here if you want any info/pics